RJA #13a: Field Research Report

I just returned from a trip to the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina to experience Gullah/Geechee culture. The Black Seminoles, an offshoot of Gullah/Geechee peoples, escaped slavery via the 'Second Underground Railroad' which led southward into Florida. I had the opportunity to visit several battle sites on four islands, one of which was Bloody Marsh on St. Simons where converged several competing factions for control. One of the tour guides, historian and former attorney, Jamal Toure, spoke specifically about the Black Seminoles, the misrepresentation of the group as solely Indian and their suitability for guerilla warfare in the Florida swamps. Their resistance ultimately garnered them their freedom.